New Content:- A new arena, Galleon, is now available. It is set aboard a pirate ship on a cold spring night.- A new arena, Stadium, is now available. It is a European-style soccer stadium.- 14 new car skins

Replay System:- Replays can be exported to SaveData as backup or to share with friends.- Replays can be imported from the Replays menu.- The final score is now displayed in the replays list. The user can also enter a title and short description.- Replays are now numbered for quick identification.- Red and Blue goals are automatically keyframed.- A System Options item has been added that allows the HUD to stay visible when recording to video.- A new menu option has been added to the mid-game menu that restarts the demo and video recording.

Camera:- Players can now swivel the camera during in-game replays.- Demolishes now shake the camera of nearby players.- The camera swivel pitch amount has been increased.

Friends List:- Friend status is now displayed on XMB friends list to indicate if they are in single-player, ranked match, etc.

Menu/HUD:- Added an in-game graphical indicator to distinguish between official Psyonix employees and impersonators.- Added “Go!” notification to the 3-2-1 countdown at the beginning of matches.- Added left and right indicators on the map vote screen at the end of matches.- The scoreboard will now update automatically.- The Mute menu now displays all players, not just the ones that are currently talking, to make muting players easier.- Added a Retry option at the end of all challenge modes.- Clients can now view the server list while matchmaking in team lobbies.- The names of each team member are now visible when viewing a team's detailed stats from the Standings menu.

Misc:- Music playback is maintained during level/menu transitions.- Updated the XMB movie icon.- The ball outline has been tweaked to show through walls and other obstacles.

FIXES / IMPROVEMENTS:

Friends List:- The Friends List has been rewritten to use Sony's friends list services exclusively. This fixes numerous problems with buddy status and invites.- Friends who are currently online and playing the game are now sorted to the top of the list.

Server Browser:- Fixed the “Please wait..” box getting stuck open when failing to connect to a server.- Added a pop-up notification to distinguish between when the initial server list retrieval is taking a long time and when there are no servers up at all.- The Server List is now sorted correctly with low-ping servers appearing at the top of the list.

Networking:- Fixed a problem where clients would sometimes experience unintentionally weak hits on the ball.- The overall bandwidth consumption in online matches has been optimized. This should improve playability on hosts with poor upload capabilities.- Placed a cap on each client's bandwidth usage.- Added a “bad connection” icon to the HUD to indicate when connection to a host is faulty without obscuring the screen with a pop-up box.- Red and blue ball trails will now always appear correctly for clients.

Menu/HUD:- Fixed a problem that caused the time to display “OT” at the end of the game, even when not actually in Overtime.- The Standings menu now focuses on the same statistic when changing filters instead of resetting to “Wins” each time.- The Standings menu now operates faster: Players may now scroll left and right to get to the category they want without waiting between each category.

Stats:- When the host leaves a team match, the opposing team will properly have a win added to their statistics.- Fixed a bug that sometimes caused players who disconnect from a team match to report a loss for the wrong team, giving the winning team a loss.- Fixed a bug in which quitting players teams' would sometimes not be included in the stats submission which would corrupt the entire match's statistics.- Fixed a bug in which hosts who forfeit matches during replays would sometimes not write all stats and/or wins and losses for players in the match.

Misc:- Moved the Trophy registration and synchronization to a background process, no more “Registering Trophy Information” progress bar.- Fixed a rare but unusually long delay at the end of an online match while saving icon was showing.- Fixed the problems preventing saving profiles and saving replays simultaneously at the end of a match.- Fixed several issues in Split-screen where the order of controller sign-in would prevent some players from playing.- Fixed a bug in the layout of the start positions on Utopia.- Turning VSync ON or OFF no longer affects car speed.- In-game replays are no longer affected by a client leaving the game during the replay.- Map voting with splitscreen players now properly places a vote for each splitscreen player.- Cars will no longer reset to a new position between “Waiting for players” and the actual start of the match.- The custom soundtrack feature will now resume the last song that was being played.- The ball will no longer reappear after replays at the end of a match.- Countdown sounds are now played in the lobby when the match is beginning.- The match start countdown time in the lobbies has been increased.- Fixed the French “News Unavailable” translation.- Players that quit or disconnect will now properly appear in the “Players Met” list after the game.- Adjusted the contrast on the in-game HUD to reduce the chance of burn-in on plasma televisions.- The “Most Valuable Player” Award will once again be awarded to users playing the US version of the game.- The ball will now properly reset to the center of the field in Overtime in all cases.- The car suspension effects have been enabled in online matches. The player's car will now bounce on its suspensions just like in offline mode.